Ladies Only .......

[wolf63]

Hello boys and girls

I have just read this article and am not sure if they printed it early (first of April !).

It sounds like a crackpot idea - and I know quite a bit about crackpot ideas.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-35700213

[Samuraisan]

The thing is, not everyone suffers the same. I was lucky, apart from the obvious, I never felt a thing.

[viv41]

Before I had my son, I had TERRIBLE period pain and had to stay off work once or twice, so I think this is a good idea.

[Cloverjo]

If women are really suffering, it makes sense to let them take time off and make it up later. Luckily I don't suffer like that, so it would be crazy to give me time off just because I had my period.

[whiskeryron]

Good idea but only for those suffering with dysmenorrhoea.( on presentation of a doctors certificate)

[jackthehat]

WR - Any woman would be extremely unlikely to be able to provide such a certificate.
Some months are fine...some are not....and some are bloomin' awful.

If a woman is lucky enough to have a work environment which would be prepared to operate in such a flexible manner, it sounds like a sensible idea.

[wolf63]

I worked flexible hours - as long as somebody was there to answer phone calls. An idea like this could work but it would depend on the set up of the office.

I can't remember having period pains but have started getting very heavy periods over the last couple of years. I hope that each period is going to be the last one.

[-SharonA-]

My colleague used to faint. I think this is a good idea as every woman suffers differently.

[mushroom25]

q. why do menstruating women need time off work?
a. BECAUSE THEY DO, OK?!!!!!!

[viv41]

That time of the month mushroom (lol) ...

[mikey4444]

In the days when I worked in an office for BT, some women always took time off every month !

[ferlew]

A bit short sighted on the firm's part.
Quite often, when there are women working closely together, their cycles often gradually change to be of similar timing.
Everyone would want the same days off.

[wolf63]

Ferlew, very true - I had forgotten that that could happen.

Mikey - did the ladies take sick leave? I worked in an office until I was thrown out at forty. Women can be scary, they can hunt in pack, but not me as I was in a little world of my own.

[mikey4444]

Wolfie...because they were gells, no such enquiry was ever made.

But if one of us chaps had experienced a squash ball in the naggers, it would have been an entirely different thing,......and I speak from experience as someone who found squash balls seemed to find unerring target in the nether regions !

[DTCwordfan]

obviously not good in terms of handling a racket.......

[wolf63]

One of my male supervisors said that when a female returned from sick leave he never asked what was wrong with them - because they might tell and he didn't want to know about eeky women's stuff.

[woofgang]

I think they will gain. Some months I used to have to take sick leave and I didn’t even have particularly bad symptoms generally. I have known women having much worse problems. Sick leave is not returnable and this a loss to the company. Repayable time saves the company money and also gives the employee a better attendance history. Win win.